Aleister Crowley Who was this man who fascinates with his superhuman achievements?
Don't get fooled by what superficially people talk about one of the greatest minds of all times! Read HIS writings (and those were prolific!) instead and make your mind.
Here the serious student will find a very abangent spectrum of A.C.'s writing corpus, as well as precious jewels and rare works. You get even facsimile manuscripts!
Enjoy!
"This shall regenerate the world, the little world my sister, my heart & my tongue, unto whom I send this kiss. Also, o scribe and prophet, though thou be of the princes, it shall not assuage thee nor absolve thee. But ecstasy be thine and joy of earth: ever To me! To me!"
Liber AL vel Legis, I, 53.

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Are these the badly formatted pdf documents that have been on the p2p nets the last few years? If so, they are terrible to read - looks like someone converted straight from text files without fixing up the layout.

Exactly what superhuman achievements did this self-indulgent and self-centered scoundrel achieve? A retreat house that was shut down by the local authorities because it was so unsanitary? How about not being a father the the two children by two different women he sired?

This individual was hardly a great achiever, and to assert such is historical recidivism at its worst.
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"53. Fear not, o prophet, when these words are said, thou shalt not be sorry. Thou art emphatically my chosen; and blessed are the eyes that thou shalt look upon with gladness. But I will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: they that see thee shall fear thou art fallen: but I lift thee up.

54. Nor shall they who cry aloud their folly that thou meanest nought avail; thou shall reveal it: thou availest: they are the slaves of because: They are not of me. The stops as thou wilt; the letters? change them not in style or value!

55. Thou shalt obtain the order & value of the English Alphabet; thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto.

56. Begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye shall laugh not long: then when ye are sad know that I have forsaken you."

Call him self-endulgent or whatever - he still gifted the world with many an interresting thought. He has inspired many a people, and created a stir in society. Also, he pissed off a lot of childish bastards, and showed the finger to a lot of bollicks-morals - which I respect. Each man and woman is a star - we don't need order, structure, socirty or any of that crap. We are all gods.